The Ohio State University

General & Historical Reference, Statistics, and Biography Databases

General Reference

• The Canadian Encyclopedia
  Contains the complete text of the acclaimed Canadian Encyclopedia in English and French and more.

• Columbia Encyclopedia 6th edition

• Columbia Gazetteer of the World

• Electronic Reference Books (from Ohiolink)
  Full text, including illustrations, from reference volumes from ABC-CLIO in history, politics, biography and other fields

• Encyclopedia Britannica

• International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences 
  Online access to abstracts of articles; print edition available in Main Reference and EHS Reference, H41.I58 2001

• Virtual Reference Shelf

• Xipolis.net
  Full text reference database of German language references sources
   

• Oxford Reference Online
  Search and display text of 100 dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press

           Statistical Reference

• Historical Statistics of the United States
  Colonial times to 2000

• Statistical Abstract of the U.S.
  individual annual editions since 1878

• U.S. Census Fact Finder 1990-

• U.S. Census Data, 1790-1970

• Selected Historical Decennial U.S. Census Population and Housing Counts, 1790-1900

• CensusScope: Your Portal to Census 2000 Data
  Tool for investigating U.S. demographic trends, from the Social Science Data Analysis Network (SSDAN) at the U. of Michigan

• International Historical Statistics:
      Africa, Asia & Oceania, 1750-2001. 4th ed. (HA4675 .M552 2003 at SUL Reference)
      Europe, 1750-2000.  5th ed.  (HA1107 .M5 2003 at SUL Reference)
      The Americas, 1750-2000.  5th ed.  (HA175 .M55 2003 at SUL Reference)

• Social Explorer
  Provides demographic information about the United States, from 1940 to 2000
  
  State and Local Historical Encyclopedias Online
   

• Archives of Maryland Online (17th century-present)
  Provides "access to over 471,000 historical documents that form the constitutional, legal, legislative, judicial, and administrative basis of Maryland's government."  Includes facsimile views.

• Encyclopedia of Chicago
  The online edition of the print volume (F548.3 .E53 2004 in Main Reference) and enhanced with illustrations and documents.

• Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
  Includes The Dictionary of Cleveland Biography. Sponsored by Case Western Reserve University and Case Western Research Historical Society.

• Handbook of Texas Online
  “Multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association and the General Libraries at the University of Texas, Austin.”

• Iowa Digital Library
  Offers a searchable collection of digital objects covering a wide range of subjects. Sponsored by the University of Iowa.

• New Georgia Encyclopedia
  “Authoritative source of information about people, places, events, institutions, and… other topics relating to the state” sponsored by the Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

• Ohio History Central
  Dynamic online encyclopedia on Ohio history

• Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture
  “Comprehensive reference work … cosponsored by the University of Tennessee Press and the Tennessee Historical Society.

• Utah History Encyclopedia
  Based on the book published by University of Utah Press in 1994.
  
  Biographical Sources
   

• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 
  Universal German Biography.  searchable; full text images from 55 of 56 vols.; Also includes index to Neue Deutsche Biographie

• American National Biography  
  Articles and bibliographies on persons in American history

• Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774-present

• Brief bios on elected reps in Congress

• Biography and Genealogy Master Index
  Indexes biographical references sources for any period

• Biography Index
  Indexes books and articles in magazines

• Contemporary Authors
  Biographical and brief information on writings

• Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  First phase presents persons who died between the years 1000 and 1920

• Dictionary of National Biography (Dutch biographies)
  from the Institute of Netherlands History. Text in Dutch.

• Dictionary of Political Biography (2003 edition)
  Covers all the major figures in world politics of the twentieth century

• International Who’s Who
  Outlines the lives and achievements of more than 25,000 of the most distinguished men and women from almost every country in the world. Print edition in Main Ref (CT120 .I63) and Main Stacks.

• Literature Resource Center
  Includes essays and briefer entries, including three volumes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography on American historians from colonial times through the 20th century.

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  Articles in new edition of DNB on influential persons on all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000; Print edition in 60 Vols., DA28 .O95 2004  in Main Ref

• Oxford Reference Online
  Search and display biographical information from dictionaries and encyclopedias published by Oxford University Press